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We Have Achieved Our Eccentricity Quota
Crazy, WTF, "Stand back, we're about to try science!" research result of the day:
From this press release for a paper slated to appear in the APS journal Psychological Science. Hat tip to Tyler Cowen.
Participants were asked to make eight choices; each was between receiving a small, but immediate, reward and a larger, but delayed, reward. For example, they could choose to receive either $16 tomorrow or $30 in 35 days.
The researchers found that the people with full bladders were better at holding out for the larger reward later. Other experiments reinforced this link; for example, in one, just thinking about words related to urination triggered the same effect.
From this press release for a paper slated to appear in the APS journal Psychological Science. Hat tip to Tyler Cowen.